1 The first Secretary-General of the Commonwealth was
1️⃣
(a) George Washington
(b) Tulma Goldie
(c) Arnold Smith ✓
(d) Joseph Garba
2️⃣Lagos became a crown colony in
(a) 1862
(b) 1861 ✓
(c) 1841
(d) 1886
3️⃣The First World War was between
(a) 1911–1914
(b) 1914–1916
(c) 1916–1918
(d) 1914–1918 ✓
4️⃣The Western and Eastern Nigeria became self-governed in
(a) 1959
(b) 1960
(c) 1957 ✓
(d) 1956
5️⃣The first Head of Government of Nigeria was
(a) Yakubu Gowon
(b) Aguiyi Ironsi
(c) Tafawa Balewa ✓
(d) Nnamdi Azikiwe
6️⃣The first military president of Nigeria was
(a) Sanni Abacha
(b) Ibrahim Babangida
(c) Aguiyi Ironsi ✓
(d) Yakubu Gowon
7️⃣Nigeria became a republic in
(a) 1963 ✓
(b) 1960
(c) 1976
(d) 1961
8️⃣The Northern and Southern Protectorates were amalgamated in
(a) 1914 ✓
(b) 1919
(c) 1921
(d) 1900
9️⃣The first Executive President was
(a) Nnamdi Azikiwe
(b) Olusegun Obasanjo
(c) Shehu Shagari ✓
(d) Goodluck Jonathan
🔟 The first colonial Governor-General of Nigeria was
(a) Tulma Goldie
(b) James Robertson
(c) Hugh Clifford
(d) Lord Lugard ✓
1 The highest court in Nigeria is
1️⃣
(a) Court of Appeal
(b) Supreme Court ✓
(c) Federal High Court
(d) Magistrate Court
1 ECOWAS was established in and has its administrative headquarters in
2️⃣
(a) 1967 Lome
(b) 1975 Lome ✓
(c) 1975 Lagos
(d) 1967 Lagos
1 The first general election in Nigeria was held in
3️⃣
(a) 1959 ✓
(b) 1960
(c) 1963
(d) 1999
1 Nigeria practices which system of government?
4️⃣
(a) Confederalism
(b) Unitarism
(c) Parliamentarism
(d) Federalism ✓
1 The last colonial Governor-General of Nigeria was
5️⃣
(a) James Robertson ✓
(b) Jimmy Carter
(c) Lord Lugard
(d) Hugh Clifford
1 The first military coup d’état in Nigeria was in
6️⃣
(a) 1964
(b) 1966 ✓
(c) 1960
(d) 1999
1 The establishment of states in Nigeria started on
7️⃣
(a) May 27, 1967 ✓
(b) Feb. 13, 1966
(c) April 8, 1960
(d) Oct. 1, 1960
1 The Biafra Civil War was between
8️⃣
(a) 1967–1968
(b) 1968–1971
(c) 1967–1970 ✓
(d) 1970–1975
1 The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established in
9️⃣
(a) 1960
(b) 1973 ✓
(c) 1980
(d) 1997
2 The Nigeria Police Force belongs to which organ of government?
0️⃣
(a) Judiciary
(b) Executive ✓
(c) Legislative
(d) None of the above
2 Africa consists of how many countries?
1️⃣
(a) 54
(b) 55 ✓
(c) 60
(d) 70
2 The Secretary-General of OPEC is
2️⃣
(a) Abdulsaleam Kanuri
(b) Abdallah El-Badri ✓
(c) Utuhu Kamirideen
(d) Philip Effiong
2 The current Secretary-General of the United Nations is
3️⃣
(a) Ban Ki-Moon ✓ (formerly; now António Guterres)
(b) Trugve Lie
(c) Kofi Annan
(d) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
4️⃣Which of the following pairs of countries consist of the permanent members of the UN Security
2
Council?
(a) Brazil, Germany, France, USA, China
(b) France, China, USSR, USA, Britain ✓
(c) France, Britain, Brazil, New Zealand
(d) France, Germany, Japan, China
2 To qualify for the post of President in Nigeria, a person must be ___ and above
5️⃣
(a) 35 years ✓
(b) 20 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 55 years
2 The name Nigeria was coined out of
6️⃣
(a) Niger Forest
(b) Niger Area ✓
(c) Niger River
(d) Niger Textures
2 The first Inspector-General of Police was
7️⃣
(a) Teslim Balogun
(b) Louis Edet ✓
(c) Ademola Adetokunbo
(d) Elias Balogun
2 The current Secretary-General or Commission Chairperson of the African Union is
8️⃣
(a) Dlamini Zuma ✓
(b) Alassane Ouattara
(c) Emeka Anyaoku
(d) H. Desategn
2 The current President of the Commission or Secretary of ECOWAS is
9️⃣
(b) Kadre Desire Quedraogo ✓
(a) H. Desategn
(c) Alassane Ouattara
(d) Ike Ekweremalu
3 The headquarters of the United Nations is in
0️⃣
(a) New York ✓
(b) Washington
(c) Geneva
(d) Vienna
3 The UNO was founded in San Francisco in
1️⃣
(a) 1939
(b) 1914
(c) 1945 ✓
(d) 1950
3 The first military coup d’état in Africa was in
2️⃣
(a) Libya
(b) Liberia
(c) Egypt ✓
(d) Nigeria
3 Nigeria became 36 states under the regime of
3️⃣
(a) Olusegun Obasanjo
(b) Sanni Abacha ✓
(c) Ibrahim Babangida
(d) Yakubu Gowon
3 The first military Head of State was
4️⃣
(a) Yakubu Gowon
(b) Aguiyi Ironsi ✓
(c) Olusegun Obasanjo
(d) Ernest Shonekan
3 Oil can be found in one of the following states in Nigeria
5️⃣
(a) Lagos
(b) Anambra
(c) Ondo ✓
(d) Ekiti
3 Tin is majorly found in
6️⃣
(a) Jos ✓
(b) Enugu
(c) Kano
(d) Imo
3 Oil was first discovered by Shell–BP in
7️⃣
(a) Oloibiri ✓
(b) Idanre
(c) Warri
(d) Kabba
3 Which of the following may be regarded as a regional organization?
8️⃣
(a) ECOWAS ✓
(b) OAU
(c) UN
(d) OPEC
3 The last military Head of State of Nigeria was
9️⃣
(a) Abdulsalami Abubakar ✓
(b) Sanni Abacha
(c) Olusegun Obasanjo
(d) Yakubu Gowon
4 The name Nigeria was coined by
0️⃣
(a) Flora Shaw ✓
(b) Mary Slessor
(c) Lord Lugard
(d) Juman Goldie
4 The legislature in Nigeria is called
1️⃣
(a) House of Assembly
(b) House of Lords
(c) National Assembly ✓
(d) House of Representatives
4 The legislature in Britain is referred to as
2️⃣
(a) House of Commons
(b) White House
(c) Congress
(d) Parliament ✓
4 Nigeria changed from Pounds to Naira in
3️⃣
(a) 1960
(b) 1973 ✓
(c) 1959
(d) 1963
4 The first Nigerian President to die in office was — and he died on
4️⃣
(a) Murtala Mohammed — Feb. 13, 1976 ✓
(b) Sanni Abacha — June 8, 1998
(c) Yar’Adua — May 5, 2010
(d) Aguiyi Ironsi — July 29